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Chicago/Midwest People & Company News, week of January 16, 2026
JLL has appointed Sarah Wexler as Managing Director within the Consumer Goods and Services division. Wexler will lead strategic initiatives… Read more
Transcend Development Group Buys West Pullman Apartments, Plans Renovations
California-based Transcend Development Group has acquired the 180-unit Indian Trails Apartments at 221 E. 121st St. in West Pullman and… Read more
Dalfen Industrial Acquires Two-Building, Multi-Tenant Chicago Portfolio
Dalfen Industrial acquired a two-building, multi-tenant industrial portfolio totaling 56,000 square feet located in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket at 801–823 &… Read more
Interra Realty Brokers $17M Sale of Lincoln Park Apartment Building
Interra Realty facilitated the sale of 506 W. Deming Place in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The 49-unit vintage apartment building… Read more
Nominate Commercial Real Estate’s Leading Investment Sales and Leasing Brokers
For the ninth year in a row, Connect CRE will spotlight commercial real estate’s leading investment sales and leasing brokers… Read more
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Comfort Suites in Elgin
Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of a 78-room Comfort Suites hotel property in Elgin, Illinois. “The property offered an… Read more
Stage Equity Partners Acquires MOB Portfolio in Texas
Chicago-based Stage Equity Partners acquired a two-building medical office portfolio in El Paso, Texas, that represented the firm’s ninth acquisition… Read more
North Park Ventures Acquires 128K-SF Chicago Industrial Facility
North Park Ventures has acquired a 128,222-square-foot flex-industrial facility located at 3800 N. Milwaukee Avenue on Chicago’s North Side. The… Read more
Greenstone Partners Brokers River North Office-to-Multifamily Sale
Greenstone Partners completed the sale of 401 West Ontario Street, a 48,000-square-foot office-to-multifamily conversion opportunity located in Chicago’s River North… Read more
Almanac Realty Investors Provides $300M Capital Commitment to SparrowHawk
Almanac Realty Investors, a business unit of Neuberger, has committed up to $300 million of growth capital to SparrowHawk, a… Read more
Marcus & Millichap Closes Suburban Chicago MF Sale for $25M
Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of Mallard Point Apartments, a 173-unit multifamily asset in Channahon, Illinois. The property sold… Read more
RentCafe Report: Finding Apartment Units Remains Challenging
Even with the increase in multifamily supply, households continued to face challenges in finding rental units over the past year.… Read more
Chicago/Midwest People & Company News, week of January 9, 2026
Cushman & Wakefield announced today the addition of Scott Pickett and Tom Miles to its Columbus brokerage team as Senior… Read more
Chicago Awards $33M in Grants for 58 Commercial Projects
A South Shore intergenerational housing complex, a new headquarters for a West Garfield Park gun violence prevention organization and a… Read more
Equity Residential Sells Seattle Apartment Complex for $132M
An apartment complex in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood has traded for $132 million. The Centennial Tower and Court Apartments complex comprises… Read more
Essex Realty Completes Sale of Bucktown Multifamily
Essex Realty Group arranged the sale of 2163 North Bell Avenue, an eight-unit multifamily property located in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood.… Read more
Barnes & Noble Opening Four Chicago Stores
Barnes & Noble will open four new locations in the Chicago area in 2026, including a large store off Michigan… Read more
Report: Data Center Sector to Double Amid AI Infrastructure Boom
The global data center sector is poised for continued expansion, with capacity expected to nearly double from 103 GW to… Read more